Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XI (The Finals Countdown)

sydthebeat

Rob can be safe that hes not the oldest member of the squad

all they need now is for the honey badger to make a return

If Leavy comes through today we may see him against Dragons next week

DonVito

Deleted User wrote: »

If Leavy comes through today we may see him against Dragons next week

I don't believe he is playing

StackSteevens

Deleted User wrote: »

If Leavy comes through today we may see him against Dragons next week

See post #7160. No mention of him in either the team or the 15 reserves!

That's a pity - thought there was a rumour earlier in the week that he was available.

arsebiscuits1

Deleted User wrote: »

That's a pity - thought there was a rumour earlier in the week that he was available.

There was. Papers even reported it. Few weeks yet sadly

What's wrong with Furlong?

Squidgy Black

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What's wrong with Furlong?

Back injury from carrying the rest of the front row

Clegg

No live stream of the A game.

https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1309503841084289025?s=19

Clegg

Murray Kinsella is live tweeting the game. He's been impressed by Jack Dunne and Tommy O'Brien.

thomond2006

It's bizarre this isn't being streamed. The game is going to be recorded anyway by the teams.

The Lost Sheep

thomond2006 wrote: »

It's bizarre this isn't being streamed. The game is going to be recorded anyway by the teams.

Provinces dont want full games to be shown. Leinster rarely put up full game clips of their A/age grade teams and only put up short clips if that

Clegg

Fairly heavy defeat for Leinster A in the end. Should have won that game on paper. Real shame there wasn't a stream to view.

Sheep Shagger

thomond2006 wrote: »

It's bizarre this isn't being streamed. The game is going to be recorded anyway by the teams.

They never are, you get clips at best.

bilston

Hopefully we get some highlights.

Not often any of our teams beat you guys in Dublin!

scott1974

bilston wrote: »

Hopefully we get some highlights.

Not often any of our teams beat you guys in Dublin!

The highlights are up.

https://youtu.be/IJ2AWtXg-Jo

bilston

scott1974 wrote: »

The highlights are up.

https://youtu.be/IJ2AWtXg-Jo

Ooooohhhh...that was just mean

Paul Smeenus

scott1974 wrote: »

The highlights are up.

https://youtu.be/IJ2AWtXg-Jo

You're always living in the past, Scott. Quit living in the past.

salmocab

bilston wrote: »

Hopefully we get some highlights.

Not often any of our teams beat you guys in Dublin!

If I didn’t see it it didn’t happen

degsie

Clegg wrote: »

Fairly heavy defeat for Leinster A in the end. Should have won that game on paper.

Pity that they were playing on grass! :pac:

Tomtom364

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Provinces dont want full games to be shown. Leinster rarely put up full game clips of their A/age grade teams and only put up short clips if that

With no crowds possible at the games it makes sense to stream them.

Connacht Vs Munster last week was streamed and is still available.

Munster Vs Connacht today is being streamed.

Clegg

The lengths some people will go to defend Saracens actions.

https://twitter.com/Sonjamclaughlan/status/1309864847836934145?s=19

arsebiscuits1

Clegg wrote: »

The lengths some people will go to defend Saracens actions.

https://twitter.com/Sonjamclaughlan/status/1309864847836934145?s=19

"Change required"

English people demanding the competition changes as opposed to playing what's in front of them. Where have we heard that before.........

sydthebeat

Leinster don't spend anything near what he French clubs spend.

English problem is they spend more than they can afford.

Why raise the salary cap when your club is neck deep in debt

Squidgy Black

Did it to compete in Europe but had no problem picking up domestic titles where the rest of the teams abided by the cap.

Riiiiiiiiight......

Buer

Clegg wrote: »

The lengths some people will go to defend Saracens actions.

https://twitter.com/Sonjamclaughlan/status/1309864847836934145?s=19

Very much not an uncommon opinion which has gathered significant traction since Saracens were relegated.

Let's be honest, there's a good chance that the overall salary bill of Leinster exceeds the Premiership cap. But it's going to be thereabouts and certainly not in the same ball park as French teams. People outside of Ireland have a wildly misguided view on how much an average player in Ireland earns.

Burkie1203

Last year's pro14 final is on tg4. 10 min in

thomond2006

If you proportion the central contract spend by the IRFU, I'm fairly certain the provinces exceed the Premiership cap amount.

KH25

Clegg wrote: »

The lengths some people will go to defend Saracens actions.

https://twitter.com/Sonjamclaughlan/status/1309864847836934145?s=19

Ah yeah, blame everyone else for an English team breaking English rules. Makes sense. If it were a French or Irish team in Saracens place they wouldn’t get the same excuses thrown at them.

Burkie1203

thomond2006 wrote: »

If you proportion the central contract spend by the IRFU, I'm fairly certain the provinces exceed the Premiership cap amount.

In Euro
€8.2m Cap
2 x Marquee Players with no limit but lets says they are €500k each

That's €9.2m, and then add in
€600k academy credits
€400k injury allowance
€80k per England International Call ups (say an average of 4 players per club = €320k)

That's €10.6m.

Now factor in that English clubs can sign whoever the hell they want. Exeter have 60 players listed on their website. How many of them were developed locally and how many are bought in?

Saracens come from a city with a population of almost 9m people. That's ~2.3m more then then whole 32 counties of Ireland. They share that city with only 2/3 other clubs over the last decade. Again what limitations are they operating under with regard to Player development that say Leinster operate under?